Colorado OTC Elk Hunt

[ATbuckhunter]

I started 2 years ago.  Absolutely love it.  But I go on a fully guided hunt, private land.   Very expensive.   I'm going back again this season.

Did you get one?


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[the blur]

2 minutes ago, ATbuckhunter said:

Did you get one?
 

I should have gotten a cow (female Elk), but I blew the shot.  

[slickrockpack]

the first 15 years or so we camped mainly due to cost,  but the last 12 or so we rent cabins, the hot tub after a long day really makes a difference,  make the time to go, even if you don't fill a tag you're going to have a ball.

 

[slickrockpack]

see our camper in the background? Bow hunt 19 or 20, and until you draw go there the last week of Sept as a family vacation and scout.

when a bull bugles outside the window at 4 am, MAN! you are awake!

It's a blast and everyone should experience it at least once but we always recommend going to a place like Estes Park, CO, granted after 30 years hunting there we have made many lifelong friends and have plenty of land to hunt privately but we didn't always , first started by knocking on doors of houses whose yards were all torn up, Hi, I'm RJ, would you mind if we hunted some elk in your pastures? Hell, no, kill them all is usually the response.

And the reason we suggest a place like Estes is even if you do nothing all day but spook elk away from you, you can have a nice dinner or walk at night and watch elk run around main street and listen to bugling all over town. The frustration factor is less with hundreds of elk running in front of you all day everyday.

Go up past the YMCA, into Rocky Mtn National Park, get yourself set with the rangers for hunting along the park border, and go walk around the woods while your family tours the park, shops, eats, what have you, meanwhile you're calling in elk and learning what never EVER to do again...:)

 

[BizCT]

I've been to Estes Park many times. It is really cool. Always Giant bulls within a rock throws distance.


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[slickrockpack]

there ya go buddy! 

perfect,  you already know the lay of the land, just get a tag now!

[Trial153]

Don't make it more difficult then it needs to be. Look for two or three units with OTC tags then start looking for access in each unit. when you narrow a unit down and have 4-5 places then buy a tag and get out there with boots on the ground. Don't marry anyone place. Plan on packing in and staying a couple / days ...if your into elk then stay at them. If your not pull up and move. Elk are where you find them, don't even think of waiting them out either your into them or not.